Nevermore Bookstore

Townsend Harbor, Book 1

By: Kerrigan Byrne, Cynthia St. Aubin

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Stella Hunter

Cadence "Cady" Bloomquist knows two things for sure: First, shelving books at her shop, Nevermore Bookstore, totally counts as cardio. Second, staying late every Thursday night to take a certain mysterious customer's order is not the same as waiting by the phone for some man. Until the calls with the man who identifies himself only as "Fox" last for hours, and become the highlight of her week. Which leaves her to wonder, if his velvet voice can kindle her fire over the phone, what sort of alchemy might it inspire if they met in person?

There's nothing Roman Fawkes wants more than the brilliant, beautiful bookstore owner, but he knows it can never happen. Secreted in his mountain hideaway above sleepy Townsend Harbor, his hermit's existence shields him—and those around him—from the pain of his past. Until one of their weekly calls is interrupted by a break-in, and Fawkes is powerless to protect the woman who has become his one link to the world. Orchestrating a trap for the fool who dared harm her, Fawkes finds himself not just ensnared, but beguiled by her. Now so close to Cady, he discovers she's fallen for "Fox", and yet he's unable to reveal her heart's desire is closer than she thinks. Can Fawkes resist the temptation to get between Cady's covers, knowing they'll never have a happily ever after?

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Cynthia St. Aubin and Kerrigan Byrne (P)2023 Tantor

Great start to a new series!

I found parts to be very relatable. Interesting story. At times the characters made questionable choices, but that's life. Lots of spice. Lots of potential. Enough to keep me interested in the series. Great narration.

Realistic and interesting archetypes

The characters are very relatable and interesting. The performance between the two actors was awesome. I however was not expecting this to be a smut piece. Great story outside of those bits.

charming

first time reading either of these authors, and I really enjoyed the book. These characters were well developed and easy to love. Each having their own set of heartache and issues, each healing the other. I am a huge mountain man/hermit theme lover. I live for those heroes. This one had a twist. instead of the h getting stranded with him, he goes to her in the real world. The only thing able to force him from his solitude? Her safety. And with another twist, he doesn't go as himself, not wanting the h to know that the drifter helping her with her bookstore, is also the man she spoke with once a week, bonding over their love of fiction (escape). This is a must read for me. It has all the small town favorites, crazy old women, trouble maker, best friend, really fat cat, and 1 stuffed raven with 1 googly eye. Highly recommend.

Full of feels ❤️

I've owned this title for quite a while and I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to listen to it. Both voice actors did a wonderful job. By the end of this story I was practically sobbing. Both MCs were suffering but ended up helping each other. There was a good mystery that threaded throughout the story and I was a little surprised when all was revealed. I hope to move on to the next book soon.

Cute, hometown feel

This book has that hometown drama, down home feel with the romance and happy ending!

Nevermore Bookstore!

This was a wonderful audiobook. i loved the characters and the interesting storyline! A woman who inherited a bookstore and a man damaged by life. Can they help each other? Lots of funny moments and some tears! Very good narration.

ob..

sessed. Truly, madly, deeply loved this book. Highly recommend. I wanna visit nevermore hahahha. Wanna hang with that cat!

Nevermore Bookstore

Overall, it was a great storyline, I'm just not a fan of the F-word, but too many ppl use it daily, hourly, so it just my pet peeve.
The audio actors did a very good job, except when they dropped their voices (part of story line narration for whispering or thoughts), it was difficult to hear. I had to keep rewinding 30sec & turn volume up to hear what I missed.
This is a solid 4.5 stars (even tho it doesn't give half stars, I would).

I liked this for weird reasons

The plot for this did not make a lot of sense to me, and the male leads were problematic, though that's a lot like a lot of other romance novels. However, as the lead was a fat lady, I like it for nothing so much as that aspect being every day enough for it to be a mass market thing. I believed that part of the story the most, which made it enjoyable.

Good, but a bit rambling

Story started out interesting and engaging but lost itself along the way. I enjoyed the female narrator but not the male one as much. Felt he overplayed it.